Work-box for sewing-machine tables.



No. 887,594. PATENTED MAY 12, 1908.

A. H. & R. P. DANIEL. WORK BOX FOR SEWING MACHINE TABLES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 14, 1908.

n! H H A TTORNEYS- UNITED STAllijS PATENT OFFICE.

ANNIE HOLLIDAY DANIEL AND ROBERT PATRICK DANIEL, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12, 1908.

Application filed January 14, 1908. Serial No. 410,740.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ANNIE HOLLIDAY DANIEL and ROBERT PATRICK DANIEL,citi zens of the United States, and residents of San Antonio, in thecounty of Bexar and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improvedfork-Box for Sewing-Machine Tables, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to sewing machine cabinets of the drop type, andits object is to provide a new and improved work box for removableattachment to a sewing machine table, and arranged to require noremodeling of the sewing machine cabinet to allow of readily placing itin position or removing it therefrom without injury to the cabinet, toblend harmoniously with the other woodwork when in use, and to be whollyinconspicuous when closed.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and thenpointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment'of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improvement as applied and showing thecover open; Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section of the same on theline 2-2 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional side elevationof the same.

The sewing machine cabinet of the drop type is provided with the usualtable top A, on which is hinged the drop head B, adapted to rest on asuitable foundation O arranged on the upper face of the table top A. Thedrop head Band its foundation O terminate at distances from both ends ofthe table top A, as plainly illustrated in Fig. 1, the terminal of theright-hand side of the said drop head B and its foundation O being adistance from the usual drawers D, mounted on the righthand side E ofthe cabinet, as plainly indi eated in Fig. 3. On the table A directlyabove the uppermost drawer D is arranged the work box, consistingessentially of a box body F, provided at the front and rearwithdownwardly and inwardly extending spring clips G, adapted to engage thefront and rear of the table top A, so as to removably hold the work boxin position on the righthand. side of the table top A. On the outer endof the box body F are arranged hinges H connected with the cover Iadapted to close the box body F, which latter is preferably providedwith a tray J, preferably having compartments for containing pins,needles, buttons, spools and like articles.

The under side of the cover I is preferably recessed and is providedwith retainers K for scissors, shears, and like tools, as indicated indotted lines in Fig. 1. The inner end of the box body F as well as thefree end of the cover Iare curved, to snugly fit on and to conform tothe adjacent ends of the foundation C and the drop head B, so that whenthe work box is in position and the cover I thereof is closed, then itharmoniously blends with the surrounding woodwork, and the work box iswholly inconspicuous.

Now by the arrangement described the work box can be readily slipped inposition on the table top A of sewing machine cabinets, as heretoforeeonstructed, without requiring remodeling of the cabinet or cutting outportions of the same, and at the same time the work box is notconspicuous.

It is understood that when the cover I is swung open into the positionindicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, ready access is had to the contentsof the tray J or to the tools held in the keepers K.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent:

1. A work box attachment for sewing machine cabinets of the drop type,comprising a box having a hinged cover and provided with clips forengaging the table top to hold it on the said top between the endthereof and the drop head, the box having its sides beveled tocorrespond with the beveled edges of the head and top and being of awidth to extend from the head to the end of the table and of a thicknessthat when in position it will be flush with the said head.

2. Awork box attachment for sewing machine cabinets of the drop type,comprising a box body adapted to be set on the table top and providedwith clips for engagement with the said top to hold the body in positionthereon between its end and the drop leaf and its foundation, and acover hinged on the said box body for closing the same, the inner endsof the said box body and its cover conforming to and joining theadjacent ends of the drop head cover and its foundation.

3. A work box attachment for sewing ma- In testimony whereof We havesigned our 16 names to this specification in the presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

ANNIE HOLLIDAY DANIEL. ROBERT PATRICK DANIEL.

Vitnesses:

J. F. HINEs, RICHARD SCHWEICKHARDT.

